Kate (given name)

Kate

Catherine of Alexandria, by Carlo Crivelli
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Greek, Latin, French, English, Welsh, Irish
Meaning	pure
Other names
Related names	Katherine Katharine Catherine Kathryn Kathleen Katarina Katrina Kait Caitlin Caitríona Caterina Katerina Cate Catie Cathie Caty Katie Katy Katey Katia Catia Katia

Kate is a feminine given name, and a short form of the names Katherine, Caitlin and others.

Translations and variations

• Arabic: كيت
• Belarusian: Каця (Katsia), Кацярына (Katsiaryna)
• Bengali: কেট (Kēṭa)
• Bulgarian: Кейт (Keĭt), Катя (Katya)
• Chinese Simplified: 凯特 (Kǎitè)
• Chinese Traditional: 凱特 (Kǎitè)
• Croatian: Ina, Kata, Katica, Tina
• Czech: Katka, Kateřina, Kačka, Káťa, Kačenka, Káča, Kačí, Kačena
• Danish: Katja, Trine, Caja, Ina, Kaja, Karen, Karin, Karina
• Dutch: Kato, Cato, Ina, Katinka, Katja, Kaat, Rina, Tina, Trijntje, Karin, Tineke
• English: Kat, Kathi, Kathie, Kathy, Kay, Kit, Kitty, Kae, Kaye, Katey, Katie, Katy, Kayla, Kaety, Katee, Kaylee, Kayleen, Kaylyn, Kaytie
• Estonian: Kaisa, Kati, Keit, Riina, Triinu
• Finnish: Kaija, Kaisa, Kata, Kati, Katri, Riina, Kaarina, Karin
• Georgian: Eka
• German: Cathrin, Catrin, Ina, Käthe, Kathrin, Katinka, Katja, Karen, Karin, Karina
• Greek: Καίτη (Kaíti̱)
• Gujarati: કેટ (Kēṭa)
• Hawaiian: Kalena
• Hebrew: קייט
• Hindi: केट (Kēṭa)
• Hungarian: Katalin, Kata, Kati, Katalinka, Kató, Kitti
• Irish: Cáit, Ríona
• Italian: Catia, Katia, Rina
• Japanese: ケイト (Keito)
• Kannada: ಕೇಟ್ (Kēṭ)
• Korean: 케이트 (Keiteu)
• Lithuanian: Katrė
• Macedonian: Кејт (Kejt)
• Marathi: केट (Kēṭa)
• Mongolian: Кейт (Kyeit)
• Nepali: केट (Kēṭa)
• Norwegian: Kari, Katja, Ina, Kaia, Kaja, Karen, Karin, Karina, Karine
• Persian: کیت
• Polish: Kasia, Karina
• Portuguese: Cátia, Kátia
• Punjabi: ਕੇਟ (Kēṭa)
• Russian: Кейт (Keyt), Катенька (Katenka), Катерина (Katerina), Екатерина (Yekaterina), Катя (Katia), Катя (Katya)
• Scottish Gaelic: Ceit
• Serbian: Кata, Katarina
• Slovak: Katka, Katarína
• Slovene: Katica, Katja
• Swedish: Cajsa, Kai, Kajsa, Katja, Carin, Carina, Ina, Kaj, Kaja, Karin, Karina
• Tamil: கேட் (Kēṭ)
• Telugu: కేట్ (Kēṭ)
• Thai: เคท (Kheth)
• Ukrainian: Катерина (Kateryna)
• Urdu: کیٹ
• Welsh: Cadi
• Yiddish: קייט (Qyyt)

People

In literature

• Kate Atkinson (born 1951), English author
• Kate Langley Bosher (1865‍–‍1932), American novelist from Virginia
• Kate Cann (born 1954), English journalist and author
• Kate Chopin (1850‍–‍1904), American author
• Kate DiCamillo (born 1964), American children's author
• Kate Elliott (born 1958), pen name of American fantasy and science fiction writer Alis A. Rasmussen
• Kate Field (1838‍–‍1896), American journalist and actress
• Kate Greenaway (1846‍–‍1901), English author
• Kate E. Griswold (1860‍–‍1923), American editor, publisher, proprietor
• Kate Simpson Hayes (1856‍–‍1945), Canadian writer, teacher, milliner, legislative librarian
• Kate Millett (1934‍–‍2017), American feminist writer and activist
• Kate Mosse (born 1961), English author and broadcaster
• Kate O'Brien (1897‍–‍1974), Irish novelist
• Kate Rushin (born 1951), an American, Black lesbian poet
• Kate Sanborn (1839‍–‍1917), American author, teacher, lecturer
• Kate Seelye, American journalist specializing in coverage of the Middle East
• Kate Brownlee Sherwood (1841‍–‍1914), American poet, journalist, translator
• Kate Stone (1841‍–‍1907), American diarist
• Kate L. Turabian (1893‍–‍1987), American non-fiction writer and educator
• Kate Brew Vaughn (1873‍–‍1933), American author
• Kate Vitasek (born 1968), American author and educator
• Kate Walker (born 1950), popular British romance writer
• Kate Douglas Wiggin (1856‍–‍1923), American educator, author of children's stories

In music

• Kate Alexa (born 1988), Australian singer
• Kate Bush (born 1958), English singer-songwriter
• Kate Calvin (1856‍–‍1936), American academic, first music professor at Montana State College
• Kate Ceberano (born 1966), Australian jazz singer
• Kate Coppola, one half of American country music duo Kate & Kacey
• Kate DeAraugo (born 1985), Australian singer-songwriter and talent show contestant
• Kate Guldbrandsen (born 1965), Norwegian singer
• Kate Hall (born 1983), Danish and English singer
• Kate Havnevik (born 1975), Norwegian singer-songwriter
• Kate Maberly (born 1982), English singer-songwriter and actress
• Kate Markowitz (born 1956), American singer-songwriter and backup singer
• Kate McGarrigle (1946‍–‍2010), Canadian folk music singer-songwriter
• Kate Miller-Heidke (born 1981), Australian singer-songwriter and actress
• Moonshine Kate (1909‍–‍1992), American country and folk guitarist and banjo player
• Kate Nash (born 1987), English singer-songwriter
• Kate Pierson (born 1948), American singer and musician
• Kate Ryan (born 1980), Belgian singer-songwriter
• Kate Rusby (born 1973), English folk singer-songwriter
• Kate Smith (1907‍–‍1986), American singer
• Kate Taylor (born 1949), American singer and songwriter
• Kate Tunstall (known as KT Tunstall) (born 1975), Scottish singer-songwriter
• Kate Voegele (born 1986), American singer-songwriter and actress
• Kate Wolf (1942‍–‍1986), American folk singer-songwriter

In sport and athletics

• Katie Allen (field hockey) (born 1974), Australian Olympic field hockey player
• Kate Allen (triathlete) (born 1970), Australian triathlete
• Kate Allenby (born 1974), British Modern Pentathlete
• Kate Foster (born 1985) British Olympic snowboarder
• Kate Gaze (born 1990), Australian basketball player
• Kate Gillou (1887‍–‍1964), French Olympic tennis player
• Kate Hall (born 1997), American track & field athlete known for long jump and sprint
• Kate Horne (born 1954), Canadian curler
• Kate Howarth (soccer) (born 1991), American soccer player
• Kate Howey (born 1973), English judoka
• Kate Jobson (born 1937), Swedish swimmer
• Kate Kelly (camogie), Wexford camogie (a hurling variant) player
• Kate Krēsliņa (born 1996), Latvian basketball player
• Kate Ludik (born 1993), Mauritian badminton player
• Kate Markgraf (born 1976), American soccer player
• Kate Pace (born 1969), Canadian alpine skier
• Kate Reed (born 1982), British long-distance runner
• Kate Richardson (born 1984), Canadian artistic gymnast
• Kate Richardson-Walsh (born 1980), Olympic Medal winning English field hockey player
• Kate Sanderson (born 2000), Canadian Olympic swimmer
• Kate Starre (born 1971), Australian field hockey player
• Kate Wilson-Smith (born 1979), Australian badminton player

In film, television and stage

• Kate Adie (born 1945), English television news correspondent
• Kate Arnell (born 1983), British children's TV presenter
• Kate Atkinson (actress) (born 1972), Australian actress
• Kate Beckinsale (born 1973), English actress
• Kate Beirness (born 1984), Canadian television sportscaster
• Kate Bell (Australian actress) (born 1983), Australian actress in film and television
• Kate Bell (British actress) (born 1981), British actress, known for her role in the television series Grange Hill
• Kate Berlant (born 1987), American comedian and actress
• Cate Blanchett (born 1969), Australian actress
• Kate Bolduan (born 1983), American journalist and news anchor
• Kate Bosworth (born 1983), American actress
• Kate Box, Australian actress
• Kate Bristol (born 1990), American voice actress
• Kate Burton (actress) (born 1957), British-American actress
• Kate Capshaw (born 1953), American actress
• Kate del Castillo (born 1972), Mexican actress
• Kate Cayley, Canadian writer and theatre director
• Kate Copstick, Scottish actress and director
• Kate Fleming (1965–2006), American actress
• Kate Garraway (born 1967), English television and radio presenter
• Kate Gerbeau (born 1968), English television presenter and newsreader
• Kate Gosselin (born 1975), American television personality
• Kate Hackett, American actress
• Kate Hall, American television soap opera writer
• Kate Harrington (1902‍–‍1978), American actress
• Kate Hennig (born 1961 or 1962), Canadian actress and playwright
• Kate Henshaw (born 1961), Nigerian actress
• Kate Hewlett (born 1976), Canadian actress
• Kate Horn (1826–1896), Canadian stage actress and director
• Kate Hudson (born 1979), American actress
• Kate Humble (born 1968), British television presenter
• Kate Isitt, English actress
• Kate Jackson (born 1948), American actress
• Catherine Kamau (born 1987), Kenyan award-winning actress popularly known as “Kate Actress”
• Kate Lawler (born 1980), English television presenter and Big Brother winner
• Kate Lonergan (born 1962), English actress
• Kate Lushington, Canadian theatre artist and teacher
• Kate Mara (born 1983), American actress
• Kate McCartney, Australian comedian, actress, and producer, one of the Kates, with Kate McLennan
• Kate McKinnon (born 1984), American actress and comedian
• Kate McLennan (born c.1980), Australian comedian, actress, and producer
• Kate Micucci (born 1980), American actress, comedian and musician
• Kate Mulgrew (born 1955), American actress
• Kate O'Mara (1939‍–‍2014), English actress
• Kate Phillips (born 1989), English actress
• Kate Ritchie (born 1978), Australian actress and radio personality
• Kate Smith (presenter), Northern Irish journalist and television presenter
• Kate Sullivan (born 1976), American television show host and anchor
• Kate Thornton (born 1973), English journalist and television presenter
• Kate Todd (born 1987), Canadian actress
• Kate Tsui (born 1979), Hong Kong actress
• Kate Valdez (born 2000), Filipino actress
• Kate Vernon (born 1961), Canadian actress
• Kate Walsh (actress) (born 1967), American actress
• Kate Walsh (businesswoman) (born 1981), British television presenter
• Kate Winslet (born 1975), English actress

In politics

• Katie Allen (politician) (born 1966), Australian politician
• Kate Allsop, British politician
• Kate Bell (trade unionist), British trade unionist and Assistant General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress
• Kate Brown (born 1960), American politician and attorney
• Kate Foster British diplomat and ambassador
• Kate Gallego (born 1981), American mayor of Phoenix Arizona
• Kate Kelly (politician), Idaho state senator
• Kate Kelly (feminist) (born 1980), Washington, D.C. lawyer, and founder of Ordain Women
• Kate Knuth (born 1981), American Politician in Minnesota
• Kate Middleton (born 1982), wife of William, Prince of Wales; now Catherine, Princess of Wales
• Kate Nicholl (born 1988), Northern Irish politician MLA and previous Lord Mayor of Belfast
• Kate O'Beirne (1949‍–‍2017), American conservative journalist and political commentator
• Kate Obenshain (born 1968), American journalist and conservative political commentator
• Kate Osamor (born 1968), British Labour Party politician
• Käte Strobel (1907‍–‍1996), German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD)
• Kate Warner (born 1948), Australian politician

In fashion

• Kate Grigorieva (born 1988), Russian supermodel
• Kate Moss (born 1974), English supermodel
• Kate Spade (1962‍–‍2018), American fashion designer and businesswoman
• Kate Upton (born 1992), American actress and model

In science

• Kate Allstadt, Geologist, seismologist of Pacific Northwest geologic hazards
• Kate Fenchel (1905‍–‍1983), German born Jewish mathematician
• Kate Duval Hughes (born 1837), American inventor and author
• Kate Hutton American seismologist based in California, nicknamed Earthquake Kate
• Kate Pickett (born 1965), British Professor of Epidemiology at the University of York
• Kate Sessions (1857‍–‍1940), American botanist, horticulturalist, and landscape architect associated with San Diego

Other

• Kate Allen (Amnesty International) (born 1955), director of Amnesty International UK
• Kate Atkinson Bell (1907‍–‍2003), American educator
• Kate Bell (businesswoman), British businesswoman
• Big Nose Kate (1850‍–‍1940), Hungarian-born prostitute and longtime companion and common-law wife of Old West gunfighter Doc Holliday, born Mary Katherine Horony
• Kate Bisschop-Swift (1834‍–‍1928), Dutch painter
• Kate Booth (1858‍–‍1955), English Salvationist and evangelist, eldest daughter of William and Catherine Booth
• Kate Burton (aid worker) (born 1981), British aid worker who was kidnapped and released in the Gaza Strip in 2005
• Kate M. Fox American lawyer, chief justice of the Wyoming Supreme Court
• Kate M. Gordon (1861‍–‍1932), American suffragist
• Kate Hall (1861‍–‍1918) British museum curator
• Kate Kelly (journalist) (born 1975), American journalist
• Kate Kelly (outlaw) (1863‍–‍1898), sister of outlaw Ned Kelly
• Kate Kelly (sculptor) (1882‍–‍1964), American-Hawaiian sculptor
• Kate Nicholas (born 1991), Dog trainer and talent show contestant
• Kate Perugini (1839‍–‍1929), English painter
• Kate Sheppard (1848‍–‍1934), New Zealand suffragist
• Kate Steinitz (1889‍–‍1975), artist and scholar known as "the Mama of Dada"
• Kate Stoneman (1841‍–‍1925), American suffragist and lawyer
• Kate Tyrrell (1863‍–‍1921), Irish sea captain and owner of a shipping company
• Katie Walker (born 1969), British furniture designer
• Kate Warne (1833‍–‍1868), first female detective in the US

Fictional characters

• Kate, a character from the 1989 film All Dogs Go to Heaven
• Kate, a character in 1993 action/martial arts movie Showdown
• Kate, one of the two main characters in the 2022 American comedy movie Sam & Kate
• Kate, a character in the 2023 independent movie Close to You
• Kate, the older sister of the titular character of the Australian children's series, Ferry Boat Fred
• Kate Austen, on the television series Lost
• Kate Beckett, the main female character on the television show Castle
• Kate Beringer, a character in the Gremlins franchise
• Hawkeye (Kate Bishop), a Marvel Comics character
• Kate Connolly from Maggie Stiefvater's The Scorpio Races
• Kate Connor, in the British soap opera Coronation Street
• Kate Denson, from Dead by Daylight
• Kate Denali, from the Twilight series
• Kate Ditchburn, in the television comedy Blackadder II
• Kate Fitzgerald, main character of the novel and film My Sister's Keeper
• Kate Hewitt, a character in the 2008 Hallmark Channel television movie The Nanny Express
• Katie Holt, from Voltron: Legendary Defender
• Kate Kane, the second Batwoman from DC Comics
• Kate Lockley, on the television show Angel
• Kate Martin matriarch in the TV soap opera All My Children
• Kate McArdle, a divorced travel agent in the American sitcom Kate & Allie played by Susan Saint James
• Kate McReary, in the video game Grand Theft Auto IV
• Kate McCallister, the main character's mother in the Home Alone franchise
• Kate Mitchell, in the British soap opera EastEnders
• Kate Morgan, in the television series 24
• Kate Patrick, a character from Hollyoaks
• Kate Ramsay, a character in the Australian soap opera Neighbours
• Kate "D.W." Read, a character from Arthur
• Kate Roberts, a character in the American soap opera Days of Our Lives
• Manhunter (Kate Spencer), a DC Comics heroine
• Katherine "Kate" Summers-Stratton, a character in the American sitcom television series Silver Spoons
• Kate Takenomiya, from Akira Hiramoto's Prison School
• Kate Thompson, a character in the 1980 comedy film The Gods Must Be Crazy
• Kate Tomten, the eldest of the Tomten kids in the children's show Noddy
• Kate Walker the central character from the Syberia video games